“The Childhood Years of Bagrov the Grandson” is the second part of the autobiographical trilogy (“Family Chronicle”, “The Childhood Years of Bagrov the Grandson”, “Memoirs”) by the Russian writer Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov (1791–1859). The story tells about his childhood. “I myself don’t know whether I can completely believe everything that my memory has preserved?” - the author notes in the introduction and with amazing authenticity describes the events of sometimes very early childhood, the details of life with his grandparents on the Bagrovo estate, his first books, unforgettable long summer days with fishing, quail fishing, when every day he discovered “before unknown concepts” and made me feel feelings I had never experienced before. The narration is told on behalf of Sergei Bagrov, an impressionable and intelligent boy who early begins to understand that not everything is so good and fair in this world...